Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 Now Available

Today we released the eighth update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, marking the next step in the product’s seven-year lifecycle. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, first shipped in February 2005, is now in the Production 2 lifecycle phase. With this, the focus of product updates in the future will shift away from providing significant code changes and focus on providing critical fixes and helping customers evolve their IT plans for eventual migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

With each update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we add new features and reliability/quality improvements through bug fixes and security patches – while maintaining compatibility with our ecosystem of certified hardware and software. Update releases also often provide new or enhanced hardware support. Key features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 include:

The ongoing value of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription is based on the delivery of continuous innovation with key features customers seek, offering performance, security and availability they depend on to run their business. Our open source offerings can help lower overall IT costs and are supported by a vibrant partner ecosystem.

Customers with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription are able to access the 4.8 update automatically through Red Hat Network.

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